Thanks to Brett Lauther’s 54-yard field goal with 26 seconds remaining, the Saskatchewan Roughriders (4-4) defeated the Ottawa REDBLACKS (3-5) 26-24 at Mosaic Stadium on Sunday night. Lauther was 4 for 4, including the game winning field goal. The Roughriders earned the win despite giving up four turnovers. QB Mason Fine 23 for 37 […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau are separating after 18 years of marriage. In statements posted to Instagram on Wednesday they each say that “after many meaningful and difficult conversations, we have made the decision to separate.” “As always we remain a close family with deep love and respect for each […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced a significant reset to his cabinet, signaling that his Liberal government will focus on housing and affordability heading into the next election. Two-thirds of cabinet portfolios have switched hands, with seven rookie ministers coming in and seven others leaving. Of the seven new ministers, five represent constituencies in Ontario, […]
With Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expected to shuffle his cabinet as early as Wednesday, a string of Liberal ministers have confirmed they will not run in the next federal election. Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray, Transport Minister Omar Alghabra, Public Services and Procurement Minister Helena Jaczek and Mental Health and Addictions Minister Carolyn Bennett all announced this […]
Hockey Canada announced on Thursday that Ottawa will be the host city for the 2025 IIHF World Junior Championships. Regina and Saskatoon were one of the competing bids to host the tournament. The Canadian Tire Centre, the home of the Ottawa Senators will be the primary site with TD Place hosting 17 tournament games, […]
Special rapporteur David Johnston said Tuesday that a formal inquiry into foreign interference is not needed, that public hearings should be held as part of his own mandate. Johnston said an inquiry could not be undertaken in public because of the sensitivity of the intelligence involved, and formal subpoena powers are not required for him […]
As the RCMP marks its 150th anniversary, a familiar, nagging question about the storied national police force is resurfacing: Should the Mounties withdraw from small communities across Canada to fully concentrate on big-ticket federal files such as cybercrime, fraud and human trafficking? The notion of a more focused version of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, […]
The Canada Revenue Agency and the union representing some 35-thousand federal workers have struck a tentative deal ending their weekslong strike. Negotiators for the Union of Taxation Employees, an arm of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, came to terms on an agreement that will see them get wage increases totalling 12.6 per cent — […]
The country’s largest federal public service union says if a deal isn’t reached with the federal government by 9 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, it will launch a strike the next day. The Public Service Alliance of Canada says some 155,000 employees are prepared to walk off the job beginning Wednesday, including 35,000 workers from the […]
A second top-up to GST rebate cheques for low-income Canadians and “significant” new tax measures to keep Canada in the green technology game will be among the highlights in Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s federal budget on Tuesday. The document, Freeland’s third since taking on the finance post in the early months of COVID-19, will try […]
